#AE4941#AE4941

#AE4941 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.134 H 27.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AE4941
RGB	rgb(174, 73, 65)
HSL	hsl(4, 46%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(4, 63%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 62.6%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.44, 40.74, 25.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.44, 48.07, 32.05°)
OKLab	oklab(53.66% 0.1195 0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(53.66% 0.134 27)
XYZ	xyz(20.7941, 14.1480, 6.6358)
Luminance	0.1414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AE4941 #41A6AE

analogous

#AE416F #AE4941 #AE8041

triadic

#AE4941 #41AE49 #4941AE

tetradic

#AE4941 #6FAE41 #41A6AE #8041AE

square

#AE4941 #6FAE41 #41A6AE #8041AE

split-complementary

#AE4941 #41AE80 #416FAE

monochromatic

#552420 #813630 #AE4941 #C66D66 #D79893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#AE4941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#AE4941 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AE4941

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AE4941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AE4941	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C713F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE3648

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ae4941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(174, 73, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.134 27.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc7f75',
    500: '#ae4941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ae4941;
$custom-light: #cc7f75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ae4941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 174,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53664,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 27
  },
  "luminance": 0.14145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AE4941

secondary

#89BEC2

accent

#CCD553

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AE4941

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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